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Frankie Edgar Claims He’s Next In Line For Featherweight Title Shot

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar believes he’s next in line for a featherweight title opportunity. Edgar was set to challenge 145-pound king Max Holloway at March’s UFC 222. However, Holloway was forced off the card with an injury, and replaced by Brian Ortega. Ortega won the fight via first-round knockout, becoming the only man […]

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Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar believes he’s next in line for a featherweight title opportunity.

Edgar was set to challenge 145-pound king Max Holloway at March’s UFC 222. However, Holloway was forced off the card with an injury, and replaced by Brian Ortega. Ortega won the fight via first-round knockout, becoming the only man in MMA history to have finished Edgar inside the cage. Ortega then earned the next shot at the featherweight crown but lost to Holloway via fourth-round TKO over the weekend (Sat. December 8, 2019).

Now, Edgar, who is recovering from a torn bicep injury, is just about ready to get back into the Octagon. When he does, he believes he’s still next in line for a 145-pound title opportunity. He had this to say on the “Ariel Helwani MMA Show” earlier today (Mon. December 10, 2018):

“I think I’m next in line, I think we should go back to that fight (Holloway). I feel like Holloway, he doesn’t owe me anything, but I think we wanna get that one done.”

Edgar noted he has already reached out to UFC President Dana White, and the pair have agreed to speak soon on what’s next for him:

“I said, ‘I gave my shot up, maybe it wasn’t the best idea, but I thought I was gonna win that fight, it didn’t go my way – ‘ And he said we’ll see. He said we’ll talk next week, we’ll see what happens, and we’ll see how it plays out.”

There has been a lot of talk about the possibility of Holloway moving up to lightweight next. White has said he’d like the Hawaiian to move up to 155 pounds, and Holloway is certainly interested in the superfights the division has to offer.

As for Edgar, he’s one of the last big match-ups available to “Blessed” at 145 pounds before a potential division change.

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Conor McGregor’s Training Partner Fires Back At Talk Of Holloway Being FW GOAT

Conor McGregor’s training partner has defend the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion in the featherweight GOAT conversation. For years, many people called McGregor the greatest of all-time in the division once he KO’d former champ Jose Aldo in just seconds in their first fight. However, since leaving the division, many have shifted that talk […]

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Conor McGregor’s training partner has defend the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion in the featherweight GOAT conversation. For years, many people called McGregor the greatest of all-time in the division once he KO’d former champ Jose Aldo in just seconds in their first fight.

However, since leaving the division, many have shifted that talk towards Max Holloway. The UFC featherweight champion is fresh off his latest title defense at the UFC 231 pay-per-view event. Holloway retained his UFC featherweight title over Brian Ortega in the headliner by doctor stoppage.

This win extended his winning streak to twelve straight with two straight title defenses since winning the title from Aldo. Following the fight, Holloway downplayed this talk of him being the GOAT while shifting the attention to Aldo.

This is when the training partner of McGregor, Dillon Danis, chimed in on this discussion by taking to his official Twitter account. He gave his take on this talk and noted that McGregor should be considered the GOAT.

He wrote, “They do Conor dirty by saying max is the best FW ever… Conor is, he beat poirier, aldo, mendez AND max and more.”

Holloway and McGregor have fought each other before as their first fight went down at 145lbs in 2013. At the time, Conor did beat Holloway by decision. Since then, fight fans have been calling for a rematch due to both fighters growing into the elite competitors that they are known today.

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Conor McGregor Praises Max Holloway For ‘Great Win’ At UFC 231

Conor McGregor is well aware of the stellar performance turned in by Max Holloway at UFC 231. Holloway put his UFC featherweight gold on the line against Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC 231. Ortega hung in tough, but Holloway peppered him with cl…

Conor McGregor is well aware of the stellar performance turned in by Max Holloway at UFC 231. Holloway put his UFC featherweight gold on the line against Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC 231. Ortega hung in tough, but Holloway peppered him with clean shots all night. After “T-City” took a beating for […]

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Max Holloway Details Why He’s Not The Best Featherweight Ever

Featherweight king Max Holloway continues to impress, as he has never looked better then he did last (Dec. 8, 2018) night in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Welcome to the “Blessed Era.” Holloway was absolutely brilliant in his defense over No.1 Brian Ortega. He masterfully picked the unbeaten Gracie black belt apart for the majority of the 20-minute […]

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Featherweight king Max Holloway continues to impress, as he has never looked better then he did last (Dec. 8, 2018) night in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Welcome to the “Blessed Era.” Holloway was absolutely brilliant in his defense over No.1 Brian Ortega. He masterfully picked the unbeaten Gracie black belt apart for the majority of the 20-minute affair.

Although many fans and media members agree that the 27-year-old Hawaiian is the greatest 145-pounder to have ever graced the Octagon, Holloway respectfully disagrees. He believes one of his former foe Jose Aldo is the true featherweight GOAT. He is honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as ‘Junior’:

“I still believe the greatest featherweight of all time is Jose Aldo,” Holloway told reporters post-fight at UFC 231. “When I’m 30 or 31 or his age then you ask me if I’m the greatest featherweight of all-time if I’m still here.”

Not the Goat Yet?

The Hawaiian could make a strong case for the featherweight GOAT if he wanted to. He currently holds a few divisional records like longest winning streak, most wins, most stoppages and more. The key area where Aldo stands out is in title defenses. He successfully defended the 145- pound strap six straight times. 

Holloway believes he could eventually catch and pass Aldo. He just needs more time.

“I’ve got to just keep winning, keep doing my job and keep winning fights and let you guys keep talking about it,” Holloway said. “Personally, for me, I think Jose still is. I’m chasing him. He set the bar, and I’m still chasing that bar, and I’ve got to break it. People are saying this is a new era. I guess I’m setting the bar for the new era. When ‘The Blessed Era’ is here, ‘The Blessed Era’ is going to be in full effect.”

For now, all Holloway can do is keep fighting. As for what division he will be competing in moving forward, no one is quite certain. UFC President Dana White has expressed a strong desire to see Holloway move up in weight. The champ, however, does seem lukewarm to the idea.

“At the end of the day I just want to be the pound-for-pound No. 1,” Holloway said. “I’m the champion, and I keep defending my belt, I’ll be No. 1. If it’s up a weight class, it’s up, If it’s defending my throne. If I get to fight one of my good friends, ‘The Daddest Man on the Plant’ (Daniel Cormier) for that title, bring it on Kung Fu Panda. I’ve got you, ‘DC.’ I can see him very soon.”

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Max Holloway Still Believes Jose Aldo Is Greatest Featherweight Of All Time

Max Holloway isn’t buying into those who are already calling him the greatest featherweight of all time. Last night (Dec. 8), Holloway defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight title against Brian Ortega. The title bout head…

Max Holloway isn’t buying into those who are already calling him the greatest featherweight of all time. Last night (Dec. 8), Holloway defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight title against Brian Ortega. The title bout headlined UFC 231 inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Holloway butchered Ortega on the feet on his […]

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Dana White Praises Doctor Stoppage In Holloway vs. Ortega

Dana White praises the doctor stoppage in last night’s UFC 231 main event between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega . In the headliner, the doctor stopped the fight and Holloway was awarded the late TKO win. The reason for this was due to the left eye being shut on Ortega. The event went down on […]

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Dana White praises the doctor stoppage in last night’s UFC 231 main event between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega .

In the headliner, the doctor stopped the fight and Holloway was awarded the late TKO win. The reason for this was due to the left eye being shut on Ortega. The event went down on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Following the fight, White praised the decision to stop this fight as he was hoping someone would make the call.

“I wanted them to stop that fight going into the fifth round,” White told reporters. “I was hoping that either the referee or the corner was going to stop that fight.”

The fourth and final round of this featherweight title fight was a brutal one. Ortega was more than willing to go despite the fact that he took 134 significant strikes in this bout. It also marked the first loss of Ortega’s career after a seven-fight winning streak.

“For all of us that have been in the fight game a long time, that’s what you call too tough for your own good,” White said. “And I believe he could have done the fifth round. I believe he would have done the fifth round, but it should have never happened.

That fifth round should have never happened. He’s a young, talented guy, and I think going into that fifth round would have been very bad for him, health wise. The fourth round wasn’t good for him health wise.”

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